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		<h1>@NonNull</h1>
		<div class="byline">or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the NullPointerException.</div>
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			<h3>Overview</h3>
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			<em>NEW in Lombok 0.11.10: </em>You can use <code>@NonNull</code> on the parameter of a method or constructor to have lombok generate a null-check statement for you.<br />
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				Lombok has always treated any annotation named <code>@NonNull</code> on a field as a signal to generate a null-check if lombok generates an entire method or constructor for you, via
				for example <a href="Data.html"><code>@Data</code></a>. Now, however, using lombok's own <code>@lombok.NonNull</code> on a parameter results in the insertion of just the null-check
				statement inside your own method or constructor.
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				The null-check looks like <code>if (param == null) throw new NullPointerException("param");</code> and will be inserted at the very top of your method. For constructors, the null-check
				will be inserted immediately following any explicit <code>this()</code> or <code>super()</code> calls.
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				If a null-check is already present at the top, no additional null-check will be generated.
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			<h3>Supported configuration keys:</h3>
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			<dt><code>lombok.nonNull.exceptionType</code> = [<code>NullPointerException</code> | <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>] (default: <code>NullPointerException</code>).
			<dd>When lombok generates a null-check <code>if</code> statement, by default, a <code>java.lang.NullPointerException</code> will be thrown with the field name as the exception message.
			However, you can use <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> in this configuration key to have lombok throw that exception, with '<em>fieldName</em> is null' as exception message.</dd>
			<dt><code>lombok.nonNull.flagUsage</code> = [<code>warning</code> | <code>error</code>] (default: not set)</dt>
			<dd>Lombok will flag any usage of <code>@NonNull</code> as a warning or error if configured.</dd>
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			<h3>Small print</h3><div class="smallprint">
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				Lombok's detection scheme for already existing null-checks consists of scanning for if statements that look just like lombok's own. Any 'throws' statement as
				the 'then' part of the if statement, whether in braces or not, counts. The conditional of the if statement <em>must</em> look exactly like <code>PARAMNAME == null</code>.
				The first statement in your method that is not such a null-check stops the process of inspecting for null-checks.
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				While <code>@Data</code> and other method-generating lombok annotations will trigger on any annotation named <code>@NonNull</code> regardless of casing or package name,
				this feature only triggers on lombok's own <code>@NonNull</code> annotation from the <code>lombok</code> package.
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				A <code>@NonNull</code> on a primitive parameter results in a warning. No null-check will be generated.
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				A <code>@NonNull</code> on a parameter of an abstract method used to generate a warning; starting with version 1.16.8, this is no longer the case, to acknowledge the notion that <code>@NonNull</code> also has a
				documentary role. For the same reason, you can annotate a method as <code>@NonNull</code>; this is allowed, generates no warning, and does not generate any code.
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